I went to check Shadowbox last night with my pals, comedians Dan Swartwout and Bill Arrundale to see our friend and comic Nickey Winkelman. It was the Killer Blues show, great music and some funny and slightly weird bits. It was a good time, except the 40 year old teenagers behind us who decided, after intermission, to use their outside voices. I wrote “Bar’s outside” on a napkin I wanted to throw, but restrained myself. Bill stepped up and told them to shut up, which gave me endless gratification.
Check out their podcast, also (The Bill and Dan show) – very funny, especially the two I’m in. http://billanddan.libsyn.com/ These guys have well over 100 podcasts you can check out – and it’s legit funny. My episodes were fun, but apparently my deviated septum breathing can be heard because my stupid self was too close to the mike. Still worth it.
Sketch comedy is very different. I personally don’t really enjoy doing it because obviously I don’t like working with others. There’s a fine line between being nice and critical. That’s what’s ironic about stand up. Ask most people in America who their favorite comic is and they’ll name an actor 95% of the time. That said, I am a horrible actor, can’t sing, and am not 5’6″, so I’ll probably never act. Guess I’ll stick with stand-up – the pay sucks for either at this point.